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president obama, mitt romney and the debate in denver everyone is talking about. >>> breaking news about american airlines. why dozens of planes in the air tonight are being grounded when they land. >>> out of gas. why some gas stations are shutting down in a place where prices are already over $5 a gallon. >>> is it a hien danger of chemical of plastics and cans are of high importance to mothers and their newborns. >>> and bird's eye view. what we look like to them. "nightly news" begins now. >>> from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with brian williams. >>> good evening. they now estimate over 67 million of us watched the debate in denver last night and what people saw was a highly energized, motivated and combative mitt romney sharing the stage with a subdued and lackluster president obama. what they saw was mitt romney on his way over the course of 90 minutes to scoring a clear and consensus victory in what will be the first of three meetings. between these two men. for romney, today felt like a new chapter. here's a look at the crowd waiting for hi
president obama, mitt romney and the debate in denver everyone is talking about. >>> breaking news about american airlines. why dozens of planes in the air tonight are being grounded when they land. >>> out of gas. why some gas stations are shutting down in a place where prices are already over $5 a gallon. >>> is it a hien danger of chemical of plastics and cans are of high importance to mothers and their newborns. >>> and bird's eye view. what we look like...
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of the debate momentum that romney got. but i also know that behind the scenes, there is a little bit of the confronting of the president to say you need to watch the debate, and they've passed along a statistic, i'm told at least tonight, to let them know the president spoke for more time on the air but used less words and trying to emphasize to him that he's got to get better at making his point. as for mitt romney, he big campaign speech tomorrow. they're trying to show some closure in some of these swing states. if that happens, then this unemployment report and the idea that unemployment fell below 8% didn't have the impact, i'm understanding. a lot of people don't think it will have a poll impact as much as the debates themselves. >>> no relief tonight for frustrated drivers in the state of california. since we saw you here last night, the already record high gas prices shot up another 4 cents. $4.65 a gallon. that's the highest in the country due to reduced supply in several refineries. the national average is now $3
of the debate momentum that romney got. but i also know that behind the scenes, there is a little bit of the confronting of the president to say you need to watch the debate, and they've passed along a statistic, i'm told at least tonight, to let them know the president spoke for more time on the air but used less words and trying to emphasize to him that he's got to get better at making his point. as for mitt romney, he big campaign speech tomorrow. they're trying to show some closure in some...
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romney's strong debate performance credited with a strong change in perception, with many holding a favorable view of the republican nominee. and those polls matter, brian, because 40 states are already voting. among the folks who were voting before november 6, michelle obama, voting today, and the president himself who will vote later this month when he is home in illinois. brian. >> peter alexander, inside the debate venue starting us off, thank you. >>> and we have more on this critical debate format, the opportunities, the potential pitfalls of the modern day town hall. our report today from andrea mitchell. >> i'll turn to you for a few questions. >> so everybody take a seat so i can see who wants to answer questions. it is a format that should favor barack obama, who out distances romney with the favor this year, the president's town halls are rare, and sometimes not in person. >> there is a huge demand for engineers around the country right now. >> i understand that, but how -- i mean. >> yeah. >> given the list that you're getting, i mean, we're not getting that. >> reporter: and afte
romney's strong debate performance credited with a strong change in perception, with many holding a favorable view of the republican nominee. and those polls matter, brian, because 40 states are already voting. among the folks who were voting before november 6, michelle obama, voting today, and the president himself who will vote later this month when he is home in illinois. brian. >> peter alexander, inside the debate venue starting us off, thank you. >>> and we have more on...
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mitt romney's strong debate performance and yesterday's timely drop in the nation's unemployment rate. these are critical days on every level from fund-raising to how the candidates define themselves and each other to an electorate that is now fully engaged and focused. our andrea mitchell is standing by with analysis, but first nbc's peter alexander on the campaign trail in florida tonight. good evening. >> reporter: with one month to go, mitt romney is trying to capture the energy, with more enthusiastic crowds and a simpler message. >> thank you. >> reporter: after weeks that reenergized republicans and reinvigorated the race, president obama is trying to blunt mitt romney's momentum embracing friday's encouraging economic news. >> we learned that the unemployment rate is now at its lowest level since i took office. more americans are entering the workforce. more americans are getting jobs. >> but romney hasn't ceded any ground, attacking failed policies that have stifled growth. >> the participation of our adults in the workforce were the same as at the time he got elected our une
mitt romney's strong debate performance and yesterday's timely drop in the nation's unemployment rate. these are critical days on every level from fund-raising to how the candidates define themselves and each other to an electorate that is now fully engaged and focused. our andrea mitchell is standing by with analysis, but first nbc's peter alexander on the campaign trail in florida tonight. good evening. >> reporter: with one month to go, mitt romney is trying to capture the energy, with...
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>>> on the broadcast tonight, the debate here in florida after a big loss in south carolina, mitt romney goes on the attack against newt gingrich. tonight our nbc news debate coming at another critical moment in the gop race. >>> sudden impact. entire neighborhoods destroyed in an instant as deadly and dangerous storms rip through the south in the month of january. >>> her mission, following the surise announcement she'll resign from congress, gabby giffords finishes the event she had started on that awful day in tucson. >>> the amazing rescue captured on camera. a family, a plane crash at sea and the good samaritans that risked their own lives to save them. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> good evening from tampa. we are down here on stage now at the university of south florida. tonight's debate, as we said, comes at another crucial time in this ongoing gop primary fight. the florida primary now eight days away, and newt gingrich comes in here tonight with momentum coming off his win in south carolina. mitt romney is now on the defensive comin
>>> on the broadcast tonight, the debate here in florida after a big loss in south carolina, mitt romney goes on the attack against newt gingrich. tonight our nbc news debate coming at another critical moment in the gop race. >>> sudden impact. entire neighborhoods destroyed in an instant as deadly and dangerous storms rip through the south in the month of january. >>> her mission, following the surise announcement she'll resign from congress, gabby giffords finishes...
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barack obama and mitt romney clashed in what could have been the worst and most difficult debates of the modern era. president obama and mitt romney picked up today where they left off during their contentious debate last night. >> mitt romney is trying to sell you a sketchy deal, we are not buying it. we know better. >> when it comes to his policies and his answers and his agenda, he is pretty much running on fumes. >> reporter: the only thing missing today, the finger pointing and glares dominated last. >> i am happy to answer the question. >> the oil prediction is down -- >> have you looked at your pension? mr. president, have you looked at your pension? >> you know, i don't look at it, it is not as big as yours. >> you will get your chance in a moment, i'm still speaking. >> reporter: and at times, the moderator, candy crowley, struggled to keep them in line. >> once -- >> because this is important. >> reporter: but the candidates engaged so intensely that the questioners appeared to take a back seat. mr. obama struggled when a questioner asked if he deserved re-election. >> ther
barack obama and mitt romney clashed in what could have been the worst and most difficult debates of the modern era. president obama and mitt romney picked up today where they left off during their contentious debate last night. >> mitt romney is trying to sell you a sketchy deal, we are not buying it. we know better. >> when it comes to his policies and his answers and his agenda, he is pretty much running on fumes. >> reporter: the only thing missing today, the finger...
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ann romney says during past debates in the primaries, her husband routinely looked over at her for reassurance. meanwhile, tomorrow is the obama's 20th wedding anniversary. mrs. obama recently joked she would like her husband to write love you, honey on his hand so she and 50 million or so others can see it when he waives. >> as we said, all begins just over 24 hours from now. peter aim ex-an der already in the venue in denver and set tonight. thanks. >>> our political director chuck todd is also part of our team in denver, tonight debuting our pre-debate polling numbers. chuck, how interesting that 34 states are voting, but this race is still on the move, and either a gaffe or a big moment at one of these debates could change the numbers further. >> reporter: look, it's absolutely true. and let's look at our new nbc/wall street journal poll. there are two numbers that matter more when judging whether a president wins re-election or not. it's his job approval rating and where people see the direction of the country. for the president right now, his job approval rating is at 49%. disapproval at
ann romney says during past debates in the primaries, her husband routinely looked over at her for reassurance. meanwhile, tomorrow is the obama's 20th wedding anniversary. mrs. obama recently joked she would like her husband to write love you, honey on his hand so she and 50 million or so others can see it when he waives. >> as we said, all begins just over 24 hours from now. peter aim ex-an der already in the venue in denver and set tonight. thanks. >>> our political director...
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what david just said about mitt romney and the stakes coming into this next debate monday night, and think about the gingrich camp. they're looking at those late deciders and how many of them were influenced by gingrich's performance at the last debate. so those are the stakes. they couldn't be higher. we'll have all four of the gop candidates, tampa, florida, monday night, 9:00/8:00 central across the nbc network. that means on this nbc station. lester, back to you in new york. >> all right, brian. thanks. when nightly news continues, the other big story tonight. the wild turn in the weather. snow and ice from coast to coast and another twist on the way. >>> and later, what that cruise ship captain now has to say about that deadly night at sea. >>> we're back now with a winter blast hitting millions of americans from seattle to boston. after a mild start to winter, much of the country is now covered in ice and snow. a lot of folks dealing with plunging temperatures. nbc's michelle franzen is here in new york tonight. >> reporter: good evening, lester. this is the heaviest snow that
what david just said about mitt romney and the stakes coming into this next debate monday night, and think about the gingrich camp. they're looking at those late deciders and how many of them were influenced by gingrich's performance at the last debate. so those are the stakes. they couldn't be higher. we'll have all four of the gop candidates, tampa, florida, monday night, 9:00/8:00 central across the nbc network. that means on this nbc station. lester, back to you in new york. >> all...
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while anticipation builds at the tightly controlled debate site mitt romney fine tuned his message in private, advisers say, relaxing with three of his sons and fueling up on a peanut butter and honey sandwich. campaigning today was left to top surrogates. >> i believe that the 21st century can be better than the 20th. >> you can do that. it's your future. go claim it. >> reporter: outside the debate hall cameras caught a brief glimpse of the candidates' motorcades. their walkthroughs inside the 1500-seat arena, kept out of view. >> two, three, four, five. >> reporter: for days advisers from both sides have been negotiating details from lighting to the angle of the podiums. the rules even address which spouse will be introduced first. mrs. romney, then mrs. obama. and a coin toss determined the president will speak first with romney getting the last word. >> i'd ask the wealthy to pay a little more. >> more americans are living in poverty. >> reporter: after a relentless blitz of campaign ads and months hammering home familiar themes -- >> this is a country where everybody should get
while anticipation builds at the tightly controlled debate site mitt romney fine tuned his message in private, advisers say, relaxing with three of his sons and fueling up on a peanut butter and honey sandwich. campaigning today was left to top surrogates. >> i believe that the 21st century can be better than the 20th. >> you can do that. it's your future. go claim it. >> reporter: outside the debate hall cameras caught a brief glimpse of the candidates' motorcades. their...
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romney is getting some help tonight from a top debate coach who four years ago advised john mccain. wounded by his defeat in south carolina, mitt romney has a new changed strategy. now directly attacking newt gingrich on several fronts. >> he's gone from pillar to post almost like a pin ball machine, from item to item in a way which is highly erratic which does not have a stable course which normally is associated with leadership. >> reporter: romney questioned whether gingrich broke the law during his time as a consultant and demanded the former house speaker release documents to shed light on his role at freddie mac. >> people should know if there's going to be an october surprise. let's see the records from the ethics investigation. let's see what they show. let's see who his clients were. >> if you've been campaigning for six years and you begin to see it slip away, you get desperate. when you get desperate you say almost anything. >> reporter: this evening, gingrich's former consulting company announced its intentions to release those documents. romney launched his campaign's f
romney is getting some help tonight from a top debate coach who four years ago advised john mccain. wounded by his defeat in south carolina, mitt romney has a new changed strategy. now directly attacking newt gingrich on several fronts. >> he's gone from pillar to post almost like a pin ball machine, from item to item in a way which is highly erratic which does not have a stable course which normally is associated with leadership. >> reporter: romney questioned whether gingrich...
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the president and mitt romney seemed to reverse rolls from the very first debate. as president obama seemed like the candidate that felt the need to try to change the contour of this race. and mitt romney deciding the best strategy was to play it safe. in the third and final debate, the president wasted little time touting his foreign policy achievements. >> we ended the war in iraq, refocused our attention on those who actually killed us on 911. and as a consequence, al qaeda's core leadership has been decimated. >> reporter: mitt romney tried to poke holes in obama's position, while trying to stay above the fray. >> i see iran four years closer to a bomb. i see the middle east with a rising tide of violence, chaos, tumult. i see jihadists continuing to spread. >> reporter: but for most of the debate, the president tried to belittle his republican foe's lack of foreign policy experience. >> i know you haven't been in a position to execute foreign policy, but every time you've offered an opinion, you've been wrong. >> reporter: the president mocked mr. romney's rep
the president and mitt romney seemed to reverse rolls from the very first debate. as president obama seemed like the candidate that felt the need to try to change the contour of this race. and mitt romney deciding the best strategy was to play it safe. in the third and final debate, the president wasted little time touting his foreign policy achievements. >> we ended the war in iraq, refocused our attention on those who actually killed us on 911. and as a consequence, al qaeda's core...
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it was one of the memorable moments in the debate, when mitt romney called for an end to government funding of the moderator's own network. >> i am going to stop the subsidy to pbs, i like big bird, i like you too, but i won't keep spending on things to get china to pay for it. >> but while he didn't have an attack that night, president obama talked about it the next day. >> he will do away with regulations on wall street, but he will crack down on sesame street. thank goodness, somebody is finally cracking down on big bird. pbs has been a favorite target of mostly conservative politicians for years. when he was house speaker, gingrich called it a little sand box for the rich, prompting us to ask some parents what they thought about it. >> i think he chose the wrong target. >> the network of sesame street and the civil war and masters, pbs has 179 stations across the country, including some smaller rural stations that couldn't make it without the subsidies. the federal share of the corporation for public broadcasting is about $450 million this year, that is 15% of their overall operating bu
it was one of the memorable moments in the debate, when mitt romney called for an end to government funding of the moderator's own network. >> i am going to stop the subsidy to pbs, i like big bird, i like you too, but i won't keep spending on things to get china to pay for it. >> but while he didn't have an attack that night, president obama talked about it the next day. >> he will do away with regulations on wall street, but he will crack down on sesame street. thank...
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tax returns just before the debate. romney wavered when asked if he would follow his father who also ran for president, and release several years of his tax returns. >> maybe. i don't know how many years i'll release. i'll take a look at what our documents are. >> reporter: ron paul is still holding steady in this race. but last night's struggle to assert his libertarian message. but grabbing the spotlight this afternoon, former candidate hermain cain and comedian stephen colbert who ridiculed the entire republican field. >> the only difference between mitt romney and a statue of mitt romney is that the statue never changes its position. >> reporter: also today, the campaign in this state famous for nasty primaries turned ugly with an e-mail sent out under gingrich's name saying that he insisted his ex-wife have an abortion. tonight the gingrich campaign says that was false. >> peter, we keep saying it, another wild day in this campaign. peter alexander starting us off from north charleston tonight. thanks. over to ron
tax returns just before the debate. romney wavered when asked if he would follow his father who also ran for president, and release several years of his tax returns. >> maybe. i don't know how many years i'll release. i'll take a look at what our documents are. >> reporter: ron paul is still holding steady in this race. but last night's struggle to assert his libertarian message. but grabbing the spotlight this afternoon, former candidate hermain cain and comedian stephen colbert...
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how will mitt romney challenge the president at the debate? a preview from paul ryan today >> the problem is the story continues to shift. they refuse to answer the basic questions about what happened. >> reporter: intelligence officials do have an explanation, saying they were working with multiple reports. riots in cairo, tunisia and elsewhere over the anti-muslim video. reports in the consulate about contradictions outside the consulate saying there was a protest. intercepted information, planned attacks, linked to the al-qaeda off-shoot. >> this rush to judgment during a presidential campaign i find it to be troubling and i find it to be very distasteful. >> reporter: ambassador stevens wrote this cable on september 11th, the day he was killed, warning that libyan security was too weak. still, tonight intelligence officials tell them they had no idea the attack was planned, sticking with earlier assessments, that the attackers only struck after hearing about the violence in cairo. >> we'll hear more about this, as we said, andrea mitchell,
how will mitt romney challenge the president at the debate? a preview from paul ryan today >> the problem is the story continues to shift. they refuse to answer the basic questions about what happened. >> reporter: intelligence officials do have an explanation, saying they were working with multiple reports. riots in cairo, tunisia and elsewhere over the anti-muslim video. reports in the consulate about contradictions outside the consulate saying there was a protest. intercepted...
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also, governor romney and president obama will face each other on stage, not to debate, but it is a big annual dinner where the candidates attend, trying to keep it light, even though it is heating up in the battleground states. and the urge to reach the undecided women voters especially. we begin with our correspondent, chuck todd. >> reporter: good evening, the battleground is narrowing, time on the campaign trail winding down. in this election it is about big issues but also it means the little things start to matter more. and also means the states like new hampshire start to matter more. >> 19 days, new hampshire. >> reporter: in a race that is coming down to the wire, swing states full of undecided voters are getting time, attention and ads from both candidates. >> in 19 days you get to choose from the top-down policies that got us into this mess, or the policies that get us out of this mess. >> reporter: mr. romney spent the day focusing on foreign policy. his running mate hit the trail in florida. >> president obama is not telling you what his second term plan would be. he is not
also, governor romney and president obama will face each other on stage, not to debate, but it is a big annual dinner where the candidates attend, trying to keep it light, even though it is heating up in the battleground states. and the urge to reach the undecided women voters especially. we begin with our correspondent, chuck todd. >> reporter: good evening, the battleground is narrowing, time on the campaign trail winding down. in this election it is about big issues but also it means...
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the president and mitt romney seemed to reverse rolls from the very first debate. president obama needed to change the contour of this race, and mitt romney decided the best strategy was to play it safe. in the third and final debate, the president wasted little time touting his foreign policy agreements. >> we refocus our attention on those who actually killed us on 9/11, al qaeda's core leadership has been decimated. >> reporter: mitt romney tried to poke holes in obama's position. >> i see iran four years closer to a bomb. i see chaos, tumult. i see jihadists continuing to spread. >> reporter: for most of the debate, the president tried to belittle his foe's foreign policy. >> every time you've offered an opinion you've been wrong. >> reporter: the president mocked mr. romney's repeated attempts to agree with many policies. >> i congratulate him on taking out osama bin ladin and going after the leadership in al qaeda. >> i'm glad you agree we've been successful in going after al qaeda, i'll have to tell you, your strategy previously has been one that has been al
the president and mitt romney seemed to reverse rolls from the very first debate. president obama needed to change the contour of this race, and mitt romney decided the best strategy was to play it safe. in the third and final debate, the president wasted little time touting his foreign policy agreements. >> we refocus our attention on those who actually killed us on 9/11, al qaeda's core leadership has been decimated. >> reporter: mitt romney tried to poke holes in obama's...
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the romney campaign has decided this first debate is everything to get the campaign on track. we're attack away from that. president obama, he's been doing mock debates, his third on friday. he spent a couple of days here in new york at the u.n. national assembly. he's not going to have a single meeting with any foreign dignitary, why? because he wants to get back on the campaign trail and not create news or any new controversy. >>> after the deadly attack on americans at the consulate in benghazi, the militia is not under the president's control. here's our report tonight. >> reporter: taking advantage of growing outrage many libyans hold responsible for the attack, the president's president issued an ultimatum giving militias 48 hours to put down their weapons and disband. this just days after protesters stormed the consulate in benghazi. while u.s. officials have praised the attack on ben began gas si. in an interview with the "new york times," egypt's president defended his government's slow response to the attack, telling the paper, quote, we can never condone this kind o
the romney campaign has decided this first debate is everything to get the campaign on track. we're attack away from that. president obama, he's been doing mock debates, his third on friday. he spent a couple of days here in new york at the u.n. national assembly. he's not going to have a single meeting with any foreign dignitary, why? because he wants to get back on the campaign trail and not create news or any new controversy. >>> after the deadly attack on americans at the consulate...
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the last chance for romney to do that will be in the debates in october. >> john harwood, thank you. >>> another big story. the severe weather that struck the eastern seaboard this weekend including tornadoes here in new york city. we have a report from michelle franzen. >> reporter: up and down the east coast cleanup today after a series of violent storms. >> look at the tornado. >> reporter: that even spawned a pair of tornadoes in two new york city neighborhoods. the first twister formed over the atlantic before moving on to land ripping through a sea side community on the edge of queens. ten miles away a more powerful tornado tore through a densely populated brooklyn neighborhood damaging several homes and downing trees. >> my son was looking at it out the window. he was like we are gelting hit by a tornado. >> reporter: homeowners are still assessing the damage in this neighbor but feel lucky that no one was injured. >> we have been fortunate nothing happened. >> reporter: the threatening skies caused delays at sporting events. in new jersey rutgers football fans ran for cover.
the last chance for romney to do that will be in the debates in october. >> john harwood, thank you. >>> another big story. the severe weather that struck the eastern seaboard this weekend including tornadoes here in new york city. we have a report from michelle franzen. >> reporter: up and down the east coast cleanup today after a series of violent storms. >> look at the tornado. >> reporter: that even spawned a pair of tornadoes in two new york city...
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with that in mind, republican candidates hope to take advantage of today's debate to knock romney off his perch. from the very start, mitt romney's republican rivals tried to cast the front-runner as out of step with mainstream conservatism. >> we want someone who is going to stand up and fight for the conservative principles, not bail out and not run and not run to the left of ted kennedy. >> reporter: newt gingrich challenged romney's authenticity, attacking his efforts to portray himself as a political outsider. >> this for me, politics is not a career. my life's passion has been my family, my faith and my country. >> can we drop a little bit of the pious baloney. the idea that suddenly citizenship showed up in your mind -- just level with the american people. you've been running at least since the 1990s. >> reporter: looking to solidify his conservative credentials, romney argued jon huntsman's time working in the obama administration disqualifies him to be the republican nominee. >> the person who should represent our party running against president obama is not someone who calle
with that in mind, republican candidates hope to take advantage of today's debate to knock romney off his perch. from the very start, mitt romney's republican rivals tried to cast the front-runner as out of step with mainstream conservatism. >> we want someone who is going to stand up and fight for the conservative principles, not bail out and not run and not run to the left of ted kennedy. >> reporter: newt gingrich challenged romney's authenticity, attacking his efforts to portray...
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they can't win the big economic debate. if they don't find a way to really present a romney alternative that is specific, and that engenders some real trust with the public. they seem to be falling short of that. and while they fall short in the battleground state, that gets tougher and tougher closer to the debates. >> all right, we'll look for you sunday on "meet the press." >>> and two more quick notes from the romney campaign trail tonight, late today, ann romney's campaign plane was forced to make an emergency landing in denver after smoke filled the cabin, equipment was standing by. firefighters, as you see, boarded the aircraft. no fire, and all on board were pronounced fine. also today, physicians for both mitt romney and paul ryan released their health summaries. and while there are details to report, both men are considered to be in excellent health and fit to run. >>> and members of congress are heading for the exits, leaving washington heading for their home districts to campaign for the next few weeks. after th
they can't win the big economic debate. if they don't find a way to really present a romney alternative that is specific, and that engenders some real trust with the public. they seem to be falling short of that. and while they fall short in the battleground state, that gets tougher and tougher closer to the debates. >> all right, we'll look for you sunday on "meet the press." >>> and two more quick notes from the romney campaign trail tonight, late today, ann romney's...
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arizona, a bigger lead where the debate is being held tonight for mitt romney. he sits at 43-27. interestingly, both polls are able to show the same story which is its organization for romney versus ideology and momentum for santorum. look at this. among those folks who voted in michigan, you have mitt romney with a 23-point lead and arizona among those foxes who already voted, he's got a 30-point lead. santorum's strength is ideology among tea party supporters, he leads romney by 20 points in michigan. among those who call themselves conservative, he leads by almost 40 points in michigan. that's what this has come down to. tonight's debate may tell us a lot. it's organization with romney versus momentum and ideology and passion for santorum. >> chuck todd, thanks, as always. >>> a panel of experts for the fda recommended a new diet drug called qnexa should be approved. the recommendation comes despite concerns about heart and birth defect risks. the panel said the drug's effectiveness outweighs any potential risks. the fda will now decide whether to give full approval later this
arizona, a bigger lead where the debate is being held tonight for mitt romney. he sits at 43-27. interestingly, both polls are able to show the same story which is its organization for romney versus ideology and momentum for santorum. look at this. among those folks who voted in michigan, you have mitt romney with a 23-point lead and arizona among those foxes who already voted, he's got a 30-point lead. santorum's strength is ideology among tea party supporters, he leads romney by 20 points in...
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with the president speaking tonight, coming off last night's contentious gop debate. mitt romney chooses today to release his tax returns and show the world how much he made and what he paid. now voters get to take a good, long look at the numbers. vaccine worries. a link between some common household chemicals and chdhood vaccines. >>> solar storm -- the incredible light show. an output of energy that's so strong, so unusual it's affecting air travel. and jfk's secret tapes. and we hear president kennedy as never before. on his own image, we hear his children and we hear him in his final days. "nightly news" begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >> good evening. while our focus in prime time will be the president's state of the union address before a joint session of congress, to be fair, the attention has not been on the president. not for months. it's been on the gop race and the republican candidates. and one of them, mitt romney, chose today to release his tax returns from the year 2010. he did it to help stop the questions about his wealth, b
with the president speaking tonight, coming off last night's contentious gop debate. mitt romney chooses today to release his tax returns and show the world how much he made and what he paid. now voters get to take a good, long look at the numbers. vaccine worries. a link between some common household chemicals and chdhood vaccines. >>> solar storm -- the incredible light show. an output of energy that's so strong, so unusual it's affecting air travel. and jfk's secret tapes. and we...
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. >> reporter: the romney campaign is fighting to redirect the debate, away from his tax returns and tenure at bain capital. >> tax havens, offshore accounts, carried interest. mitt romney has used every trick in the book. >> reporter: romney surrogate john sununu changed the subject today, but not the way he intended. >> i wish this president would learn how to be an american. >> reporter: challenged by reporters, sununu later tried to clarify. >> the president has to learn the american formula for creating business. >> reporter: still, an obama campaign spokeswoman weighed in, writing the romney campaign has officially gone off the deep end. and late today, the conservative magazine "national review" complicated things for the romney campaign, echoing obama campaign calls for romney to release more tax returns. and rick perry said candidates should be as transparent as they can, leaving the romney campaign right back where it started the day, on the defensive. >> peter alexander in our d.c. newsroom tonight. peter, thanks. >>> and still ahead for us as we continue along the way, th
. >> reporter: the romney campaign is fighting to redirect the debate, away from his tax returns and tenure at bain capital. >> tax havens, offshore accounts, carried interest. mitt romney has used every trick in the book. >> reporter: romney surrogate john sununu changed the subject today, but not the way he intended. >> i wish this president would learn how to be an american. >> reporter: challenged by reporters, sununu later tried to clarify. >> the...
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there was not a lot of movement, post-debate one point, romney made leads on who to handle the economy in virginia and florida, something he has got to crack. >> all right, chuck todd at the venue, we'll talk to you later tonight. andrea mitchell, this format, questions coming from the moderator, in this case, martha radditz of abc news, but as you know the candidates have a skill on the topics, what is the short list for each guy? >> reporter: well, i think just watching what president obama and mitt romney have been arguing about, gives you a road map on what we expect to hear tonight. you will hear arguments over the budget, over medicare and taxes. and these two men, remember, paul ryan and joe biden were on opposite sides of the negotiating table, during the super committee on the failed budget, where they failed to reach agreement. so they have a lot of past history and will air their arguments in public. you will also hear joe biden bring up abortion, because mitt romney said just this week he didn't know of any legislation that he would go after abortion if he was elected. well
there was not a lot of movement, post-debate one point, romney made leads on who to handle the economy in virginia and florida, something he has got to crack. >> all right, chuck todd at the venue, we'll talk to you later tonight. andrea mitchell, this format, questions coming from the moderator, in this case, martha radditz of abc news, but as you know the candidates have a skill on the topics, what is the short list for each guy? >> reporter: well, i think just watching what...